St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume XLIII, Part II (May 1916-October 1916)

New York, The Century Co, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages numbered 579-1152. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black buckram. Edges worn and boards lightly scuffed. Library stamp and bookplate inside; no exterior library markings. Text clean and binding tight. Volume 43, Part 2 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from May 1916 through October 1916. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features lines from "To the Humblebee" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Boy's Life of Mark Twain" by Albert Bigelow Paine, stories "Bartolome's Velvet Hat" and "The Whittler of Cremonia" by Katherine D. Cather, and "The Children of the Moors," an article about the Bronte sisters, by Ariadne Gilbert. Very Good .

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Book number: 205681

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume XLII, Part I (November 1914 - April 1915)

New York, The Century Co, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 576p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black buckram. Library name blind-stamped on front cover. Small labels on spine and stamps on foredges. Additional stamps and a card pocket inside. Pages are clean, and binding is tight. Volume 42, Part 1 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from November 1914 through April 1915. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features installments of "The Lost Prince" by Frances Hodgson Burnett (beloved author of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess), three color plates by renowned illustrator Arthur Rackham, and several vintage sweets recipes in "The Housekeeping Adventures of the Junior Blairs" by Caroline French Benton. Very Good .

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Book number: 205682

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume XXXVII, Part I (November 1909 - April 1910)

New York, The Century Co, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 576p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black buckram. Library name blind-stamped on front cover. Small labels on spine and stamps on foredges. Additional stamps and a card pocket inside. Pages are clean, and binding is tight. Volume 37, Part 1 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from November 1909 through April 1910. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features "Esther's Christmas" by Gwendolen Overton, "The Pink Topaz" by Julia Brown and "The Humpbacked Horse" a Russian folktale retold by Mary Gilbert both with illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright (Frank Lloyd Wright's sister), and "The First Knife in the World" by Frances Hodgson Burnett (beloved author of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess). Very Good .

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Book number: 205683

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume LVI, Part I (November 1928 - April 1929)

New York, The Century Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 505p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in red cloth. Boards somewhat soiled. Small labels on spine and stamps on foredges. Additional stamps and a card pocket inside. Pages are clean, and binding is tight. Volume 56, Part 1 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from November 1928 through April 1929. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features several Tommy Dane detective stories by A. Grove Day, articles about Olympic swimmer Albina Osipowich and the Amsterdam Olympic Games of Summer 1928, and installments of "Drake's Lad" by Rupert Sargent Holland illustrated by Henry [Clarence] Pitz. Very Good .

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Book number: 205685

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume LIV, Part I (November 1926-April 1927)

New York, The Century Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 576p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in black buckram. Edges worn and boards lightly scuffed. Small labels on spine and stamps on foredges. Library stamps and card pocket inside. Text clean and binding tight. Volume 54, Part 1 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from November 1926 through April 1927. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features the poem "The Sensitive Avocado" by Berton Braley, installments of "Romance and World Adventure as Told in Postage Stamps" by F.B. Warren, and an article about the discovery of the cathode-ray tube, precursor to the invention of the television. Very Good .

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Book number: 205686

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St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume LI, Part I (November 1923-April 1924)

New York, The Century Co, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 672p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in burgundy cloth. Edges quite worn and boards lightly scuffed. Small labels on spine and stamps on foredges. Library stamps and card pocket inside. Text clean and binding tight. Volume 51, Part 1 of the children's magazine ST. NICHOLAS, containing the monthly issues from November 1923 through April 1924. Filled with stories, poems, and educational articles, with lots of beautiful black and white vintage illustrations. This volume features "Pete and the Porcupine" by Phoebe Finley, installments of "Sand" by Alfred T. Renfro, and the poem "The Wind from an Autumn Sky" written and illustrated by Henry Pitz. Very Good .

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Book number: 205687

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Stampkraft: The Book of Something-to-Do; Rhymes & Stories

New York, United Art Publishing Co, 1916. Hardcover. An oblong, oversize hardcover book with a black cloth spine and pictorial boards. FAIR condition. Dark grey discoloration on edges of front cover; spotty stains on front and back. Binding is cracked, with crude tape repair at the hinges; a couple of pages are detached. Crayon scribbles on title page. Page margins tanned and worn, with occasional light chipping. Two illustration cards have been torn off the inside front cover. A damaged copy, OFFERED AS-IS. A vintage children's book in which the child could paste pre-made illustrations into specially marked boxes, like a sticker book. Measures approx. 14" long x 11.25" tall. Fair .

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Book number: 187152

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Summertime / Vacation Fun (June-August 1962)

New York, Scholastic Magazines, Inc, 1962. Hardcover. A large hardcover book bound in dark blue buckram. Very good condition overall. Pages are age-toned, but otherwise clean. Page 9 in the August 17 issue of VACATION FUN is edgeworn. Otherwise, binding is tight. A bound volume of issues of the Scholastic weekly children's magazines SUMMERTIME and VACATION FUN. Includes all issues for both magazines from June 29 through August 17, 1962. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.5. Very Good .

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Book number: 184099

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Uncle Frank's Animal Stories

Scotia, NY, Americana Review, 1960. Paperback. 32p. A staplebound booklet in near-fine condition. Pages a bit age-toned; otherwise clean and tight. Old-fashioned animal stories for children, illustrated with black and white engravings. Very Good .

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Book number: 184080

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Walt Disney Presents No. 5 (September-November 1960)

New York, Dell Publishing Co, 1960. Wraps. Unpaginated. A staplebound softcover comic book in good condition. Tip of bottom corner torn off. Mild edgewear and age-toning; otherwise clean and tight. Featuring characters Texas John Slaughter, The Swamp Fox, and Elfego Baca. Good .

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Book number: 205757

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Zoo Animals to Color

Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1953. Paperback. A large, staplebound book with thin cardboard covers. Some edge wear on front and back covers. Soiling on the left side of the front cover, along the spine fold. Dark, uneven discoloration on edges of back cover. Pages tanned and slightly brittle with age, but otherwise clean, and binding tight. Good condition overall. A vintage coloring book for children, with no pictures colored in --- unused by previous owner. Measures approx. 13.75" x 11.25. Good .

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Book number: 187154

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Richard Adams

The Adventures and Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine Together with the Most Lamentable Losse of the Alcestis & Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. A large pictorial hardcover book in good reading condition. Corners worn and boards soiled, most conspicuously on the fornt. Front hinge was partially cracked, but has been repaired, and all pages are attached and text unmarked. A children's story told in mock 18th-century verse about a cat among pirates. Illustrated in color by Alan Aldridge. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.75. Good .

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Book number: 186890

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Anthony Addison, ed

The Children's Book of Questions & Answers

London, Treasure Press, 1989. Hardcover. 480p. A large, glossy hardcover book in very good condition. Tiny dent on bottom edges of cover; otherwise clean and tight. Fun facts on a wide range of subjects, lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs in both color and black and white. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.25'. Very Good .

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Book number: 189033

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Aesop, translated by George Fyler Townsend

Aesop's Fables

Garden City, Doubleday, 1968. Hardcover. 215p, illustrated with b/w drawings by Murray Tinkelman. Red cloth, without a dustjacket. Dampstaining to the top corner of pages but all text is clean, complete, and legible. The dampstaining is not especially visible but the paper does have a waviness to it. Binding firm and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. With an introduction by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Good .

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Book number: 1276017

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Joan Walsh Aglund

A Book of Good Tidings from the Bible

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1965. Hardcover. A small hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn at the head of spine, price-clipped, and lightly dampstained. Comes in the original slipcase, which is lightly dampstained as well. An illustrated book of Bible quotes for children. Measures approx. 4.5" x 3.25" in the slipcase. .

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Book number: 172759

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